Age restrictions for Congress?
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I think a mental competency exam by a team of 3rd party doctors outside of Washington DC would be the way to go. I'm pretty sure we could weed out the oldest 10% of Congress right there.
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Age of retirement would probably be better.clubgop wrote:25 for the House, 30 for Senate. I believe there are age restrictions with Commissioned officers maybe adopt those. Maybe once you hit 80 time to give it up.The Conservative wrote:Congress has a limitation of how old you need to be to be part of congress, yes?Speaker to Animals wrote:
Let's limit one of the few things that correlate to increased wisdom. Better yet, let's just 17 year old kids run the thing.
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Gotta give it up for old man McCain in this clip from yesterday (?)
I suppose it's possible that with extreme age comes extreme carelessness, possibly a net positive if enough of these old fucks decay into their 90s and start babbling some truth
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That what they are.The Conservative wrote:Age of retirement would probably be better.clubgop wrote:25 for the House, 30 for Senate. I believe there are age restrictions with Commissioned officers maybe adopt those. Maybe once you hit 80 time to give it up.The Conservative wrote:
Congress has a limitation of how old you need to be to be part of congress, yes?
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80 isn’t the age of retirement.clubgop wrote:That what they are.The Conservative wrote:Age of retirement would probably be better.clubgop wrote:
25 for the House, 30 for Senate. I believe there are age restrictions with Commissioned officers maybe adopt those. Maybe once you hit 80 time to give it up.
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Too bad McCain doesn't have that kind of passion for sticking to his campaign promises.pineapplemike wrote:
Gotta give it up for old man McCain in this clip from yesterday (?)
I suppose it's possible that with extreme age comes extreme carelessness, possibly a net positive if enough of these old fucks decay into their 90s and start babbling some truth
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I agree that we should have an age limit for all public offices.
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For whom?The Conservative wrote:80 isn’t the age of retirement.clubgop wrote:That what they are.The Conservative wrote:
Age of retirement would probably be better.
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For the average American 67 is the age of retirement through SS. Make it coincide with the retirement age dictated by SS.clubgop wrote:For whom?The Conservative wrote:80 isn’t the age of retirement.clubgop wrote:
That what they are.
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No thanks. The retirement age for AS should be changed as it is. And for a senior position on a board, which is what an elected official is, the age can be older it should be older. 75, 78 something like that.The Conservative wrote:For the average American 67 is the age of retirement through SS. Make it coincide with the retirement age dictated by SS.clubgop wrote:For whom?The Conservative wrote:
80 isn’t the age of retirement.